Example sentences of "or there [be] [det] " in BNC.

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1 We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’
2 The adopter must fulfil one of the following requirements : be over 21 ; or be the parent of the adoptee , where the other natural parent is dead , or can not be found , or there is some other reason justifying the exclusion of the other natural parent .
3 Or there is some connection between the two incidents .
4 From this the courts have inferred that , except where the employer is under a statutory duty or there is some other restriction as to the type of contract that it can make with its servants or the grounds on which it can dismiss them , the servant has no procedural protection .
5 By the time you have had two or three months in a language area you should start to collect texts , a few at a time , unless the local people are very suspicious of tape recorders or there is some other inhibiting cultural factor .
6 ( c ) External wall In the case of a demise of one floor of a building , or of a room on any floor that is bounded or enclosed on one or more sides by an outside wall , unless the outside wall is excepted or reserved , or there is some context which leads to the contrary conclusion , prima facie the premises demised comprise both sides of the outside wall ( Hope Brothers Ltd v Cowan [ 1913 ] 2 Ch 312 per Joyce ; Goldfoot v Welch [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 213 ; Sturge v Hackett [ 1962 ] 3 All ER 166 ) .
7 Where , however , there are conditions precedent to a lease being granted , eg the fact that the premises have not yet been constructed by the landlord , or the tenant is to carry out works before the lease is granted , or there is some other reason preventing the immediate completion of the lease , the parties will , or would be advised to , enter into an agreement for lease , perhaps along the following lines .
8 ‘ Either I 'm mad or people reincarnate , or there 's such a thing as possession , or …
9 or There 's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip .
10 So when you looked at in the in the exam , did you think , Oh , they 're not giving me enough information here , or There 's some trick I do n't know , or what did you think about it ?
11 Or there 's some biscuits .
12 Or there 's some Ryvita .
13 Would you like a pie or there 's some haggis , neeps and potato left ?
14 He would have erm , if , he 'd seen the erm those two bi bits in that door , or there 's some o of a sort of slightly wider than other a little bit , he 'd have gone !
15 beige with brown vinyl roof , very good condition three nine five or there 's this one , Ford Capri mark three sixteen hundred beige outer work
16 Or there 's another thing you can mum we 're trying to make that .
17 It 's a recent manifestation that we are children , or there are such things as children .
18 If there is no improvement after a few days then it is either not the appropriate remedy or there are some environmental maintaining causes blocking the remedy action §252 .
19 Whether this struck some kind of patriotic chord or there were some powers at work behind the scenes , Curtis was merely fined £50 .
20 Either Edward 's account was true , or there was some bizarre pattern of collusion between them — he providing cover for her insecurity , or — equally possible — she reinforcing his .
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